REI Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, REI traded between $8.44 and $10.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.8%, placing in the 18.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 13.8% (HV 20d: 83.6%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-12: Highest Volume — 367 contracts
  • 2015-01-14: Largest IV drop — 33.2% change
  • 2015-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 18.1%
  • 2015-01-14: Largest Expected Move — 21.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.15$8.44$10.57$10.57$9.22
Max Pain$5.77$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV69.8%54.3%112.5%61.9%63.6%
Expected Move18.9%15.6%21.5%19.0%18.2%
HV 20d83.6%63.0%107.4%105.4%63.0%
HV 60d99.3%97.9%100.6%98.2%98.7%
IV Rank18.1%18.1%18.1%18.1%18.1%
IV Percentile42.1%42.1%42.1%42.1%42.1%
Term Structure3.0%-44.5%21.7%5.8%1.4%
VWIV67.2%44.0%118.3%82.4%69.3%
Skew 25d2.6%-24.0%14.3%1.0%6.5%
Skew 10d24.9%0.4%37.6%22.2%37.6%
Call IV 25d64.8%53.4%84.8%66.8%72.3%
Put IV 25d67.3%54.4%78.8%67.9%78.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %106.4361.99114.4596.93110.50
Gamma HHI0.410.260.540.260.47
Net GEX3.9K2.8K4.8K3.7K4.6K
Net DEX-53.2K-191.5K17.4K-191.5K-69.9K
Net VEX-1.5K-2.1K-1.2K-2.1K-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.001.211.210.95
Total Volume190.450367305289
Total OI1,205.41,1651,2781,2161,171

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$10.57$0.0061.9%19.0%105.4%0.0%0.0%1.0%5.8%3.7K-191.5K-2.1K1.2196.93138167858358
2015-01-05$10.14$0.0068.9%20.4%106.3%0.0%0.0%13.9%-0.3%3.2K-136.9K-2.0K0.00105.3200858358
2015-01-06$9.66$0.0075.7%20.3%107.4%0.0%0.0%7.0%3.1%3.1K-100.7K-1.9K0.00103.0500858358
2015-01-07$9.20$0.0066.3%19.5%99.2%0.0%0.0%2.6%4.7%2.8K-61.0K-1.7K0.00105.6120858358
2015-01-08$9.55$0.0070.0%19.7%94.5%0.0%0.0%4.6%1.6%2.8K-64.5K-1.7K1.20109.51139167860358
2015-01-09$9.33$0.0073.0%19.4%92.5%0.0%0.0%3.6%-0.2%3.0K-58.1K-1.7K1.20109.37139167860358
2015-01-12$8.54$0.0094.4%20.1%98.3%0.0%82.4%-24.0%-44.5%3.5K7.9K-1.4K0.83106.65200167860358
2015-01-13$8.85$7.50112.5%18.9%98.9%0.0%44.0%8.8%13.6%3.8K-11.0K-1.5K0.93110.83179167902358
2015-01-14$9.00$7.5075.1%21.5%96.8%0.0%61.3%-0.6%-7.8%4.0K-35.5K-1.5K0.86102.63194167905358
2015-01-15$8.57$7.5064.2%18.4%98.4%0.0%64.3%1.5%17.5%4.0K-18.4K-1.4K0.8861.99190167920358
2015-01-16$8.90$7.5054.3%15.6%69.9%0.0%53.2%14.3%21.7%3.9K-46.6K-1.5K0.00111.01110921353
2015-01-20$8.44$5.0066.2%19.0%69.8%0.0%118.3%5.3%-10.1%4.4K17.4K-1.2K0.00114.4530858307
2015-01-21$8.77$5.0066.1%19.0%70.1%0.0%0.0%4.6%10.3%3.9K-30.4K-1.4K0.00111.8600861307
2015-01-22$8.72$5.0061.9%17.7%68.6%0.0%56.1%0.9%4.6%4.3K5.2K-1.2K0.95112.82148141861307
2015-01-23$8.79$5.0058.4%16.7%66.4%0.0%60.2%-1.8%7.7%4.6K-17.9K-1.3K0.95112.19148141861307
2015-01-26$9.15$5.0069.1%19.8%68.0%0.0%0.0%-3.1%9.6%4.3K-45.5K-1.4K0.00111.2700861307
2015-01-27$9.44$5.0056.5%16.2%69.4%0.0%0.0%2.3%7.6%4.8K-71.1K-1.5K0.00109.8600861307
2015-01-28$9.03$5.0067.0%19.2%65.5%0.0%72.0%-3.3%-3.9%4.4K-56.7K-1.4K0.95110.69148141861307
2015-01-29$9.11$5.0070.3%20.1%63.1%0.0%58.2%7.3%17.8%4.3K-79.6K-1.5K0.95111.97148141864307
2015-01-30$9.22$5.0063.6%18.2%63.0%18.1%69.3%6.5%1.4%4.6K-69.9K-1.4K0.95110.50148141864307